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| Author: | sssstew [ Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Door Handles - why are they different? |
I was just wondering from looking at the pics of your Aus minis that your door handles are totally different to ours in the UK. You have big flat ones and the lock is seperate, below the handle. Where as ours is a slim metal one which sits proud of the door panel and has the lock included in it. any ideas why yours are so different? 
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| Author: | willy [ Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:11 pm ] |
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70s design change. You can see them on other Leyland cars... like the Kimberly 
They were also used on very late model Mini Ks, as well as our Leylands. 
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| Author: | Mike [ Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:39 pm ] |
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Australian Design Rules came in the 70's and it was found that handles proud of the door have the nasty tendency to skewer pedestrians onto them and drag them along - the flush handles are meant to stop that from happening. You poms never needed the safer handles as you havent got any pedestrians - they've all moved down the road from me to Coogee and Bondi. |
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| Author: | poeee [ Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:05 pm ] |
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Interesting fact - I found some pictures of a "safe" Mini prototype from the late 60's, and guess what, it had our Clubby door handles! |
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| Author: | sssstew [ Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:38 pm ] |
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ahh i thought it might be do to them sticking out. thanks for the explaination mike. personally i dont think they look as nice, or elegant as the original sticky out ones mind. |
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| Author: | Spaceboy [ Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:41 pm ] |
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no, they're rather 70ish |
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| Author: | Stuwey [ Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:44 pm ] |
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sssstew wrote: ahh i thought it might be do to them sticking out. thanks for the explaination mike.
personally i dont think they look as nice, or elegant as the original sticky out ones mind. What? A mini, Nice? Elegant? HA!
You must have different ones to us...  Ones with real springs, carpet as standard, exhausts that don't leak, no rust, you get the picture?
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| Author: | aussie [ Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:45 pm ] |
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I recon they look heaps better! |
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| Author: | Spaceboy [ Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:46 pm ] |
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oh i think another main reason is to meet a minimum australian content quota, like the windows, switch panel etc |
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| Author: | Mike [ Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:14 am ] |
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I think that by the 70 Oz minis were majority local sourced anyway. |
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| Author: | Spaceboy [ Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:18 am ] |
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yeah thats the point 
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| Author: | cush [ Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:08 am ] |
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here's mine.... isn't it just...lovely... 
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| Author: | Mike [ Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:20 am ] |
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Thats an original dealer's option protector plate, right Cushy? |
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| Author: | cush [ Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:47 am ] |
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oh yeah baby... 
see my sig, too..
it's got aaaalll the fruit
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| Author: | brickworx [ Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:34 am ] |
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That's the kelvinator influence of the early 60's... |
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